“The figure of the ‘ISIS bride’ therefore reveals more than bad media representation. It exposes the limits of care and recognition under Islamophobia.” Houda Ali on the persistence and effects of a racialised label.
After the “ISIS bride”: Islamophobia and the limits of care - Overland literary journalThe violence of Islamophobia diminishes the ability of Muslims, as Muslims, to narrate themselves and project themselves into a future. But to insist on complexity is not to evade responsibility. It i...overland.org.au